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PANORAMIO CAMERA.

PatentedApr. 28, 1896.

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AN DREW EGRAHAM. PHOTOUYHQWASHINGTUN. DISv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIORATIO G. \VOOD, OF NEVPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

PANORAMIC CAM ERA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559, 246, dated April28, 1896.

Application filed May 15,1895. fierial No. 549,435. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l'IORATIO G. W001), of Newport, in the county ofNewport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Panoramic Cameras, of which the following is a full,clear,

and exact description.

The invention relates to panoramic cameras such as shown and describedin the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No.5453:82, filed by me on April 12, 1895.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in cameras, in which the driving mechanism is greatlysimplified, and the camera can be used for making either panoramic viewsor ordinary views.

The invention consists principally of a stationary gear-wheel on thefixed pivot for the camera-casing, a pinion in mesh with the saidgear-wheel, and a winding-roller carrying the said pinion and adapted towind up the film after the exposure is made.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinationsof the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of the improvement on the line 1 1 ofFig. 2. Fig. 2 is a se'ctional side elevation of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the curtain for thedark chamber.

The improved camera is provided with a casing A, in which is formed adark chamber B, connected with the lens 0. The bottom of the casing A ismounted to turn loosely on a pivot D, secured or supported on a tripodE, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, and on said pivot D within the casing Ais attached a large gear-wheel F, on which is adapted to roll a pinionG, secured on the lower end of the shaft G2 of a roller G, disposedvertically in the camera-casing and journaled at its ends in the top andbottom of the casing. The fihn His wound up by the roller G on aspringpressed roller K after an exposure is made in case ordinary viewsare taken, or the said roller G winds up the film continually during theoperation when panoramic views are taken, and the camera is turned bythe operator. It will be seen that when the cameracasing is turned onthe fixed pivot D the pinion G in mesh with the stationary gearwheel Fturns the roller G, so that the latter winds up the film during the timethe View is taken. The film H unwinds from a roller I and passes arounda slide J to finally pass around the roller G and onto the roller K.

In front of the slide J at the rear end of the dark chamber B isarranged a curtain L, wound upon a roller N, extending transversely andjournaled in inclined guideways O in the sides of the casing A. (SeeFig. 3.) On the'outer end of the roller N is arranged a knob N to enablethe operator to conveniently turn the said roller to wind up or unwindthe curtain L at the rear end of the dark chamber B. In this curtain Lis arranged a vertically-disposed slot L, which permits the rays oflight entering the dark chamber B at the lens 0 to pass upon the film inthe rear of the curtain and in front of the slide J.

The lower end of the curtain L is provided with downwardly-extendingtabs L winding on a roller P, likewise extending transversely, andjournaled in the sides of the casing A, the outer end of the rollerbeing provided with a knob P to enable the operator to turn this rollerand wind up the said device in order to draw the curtain L downward tobring the slot in position. WVhen the curtain L is wound up, the entireportion of the film extending in front of the slide J is free forexposure to permit of taking ordinary views.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A camera, comprising the combination of acasing, a support on which the casing is rotatively mounted, aspur-wheel rigid with the support, a roller journaled within the easing,a pinion carried bythe roller and meshing with the spur-gear of thesupport, a slide within the casing and extending parallel with one sidethereof and around which the film is adapted to pass, a second roller, adark chamher, and a lens, substantially as described.

2. A camera, provided with a curtain, the

ing', of two rollers mounted therein and having buttons projected beyondthe casing", a curtain having at its lower side two tabs or ribbons, thesame being Wound over the lower roller, the upper edge of the curtainbeing connected to the upper roller, and the curtain having formedtherein a slot extending perpendicularly to the roller, substantially asdescribed.

I'IORATIO G. WOOD. lVitnesses:

ALMIRA F. HARRIS, BENJAMIN MARsH, 2d.

